Billy Dee Williams, who was part of the 90-minute panel that featured the tribute video, announced that, alas, he would not be appearing as Lando Calrissian in The Last Jedi.

Fans had long been hoping that Lando might show up in some regard in Episode VIII, joining fellow original trilogy characters Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, R2D2 and C-3P0, all of whom appeared in The Force Awakens.